| Undifferentiated floodplain alluvium |
| Gravels |
| Lahar deposits |
| Loess |
| Lapilli |
| Mudstone or fine siltstone |
| Ashes older than Taupo pumice |
| Peat |
| Sandstone or coarse siltstone - massive |
| Taupo & Kaharoa breccia & volcanic alluvium |
| Unconsolidated to moderately consolidated clays, silts, sands, tephra & breccias |
| Lavas, ignimbrite, & other 'hard' volcanic rocks |
| Sands - windblown |
| lake |
| river |
| town |
| Built-up Area (settlement) |
| Surface Mines and Dumps |
| Transport Infrastructure |
| Urban Parkland/Open Space |
| Sand and Gravel |
| Landslide |
| Alpine Grass/Herbfield |
| Gravel and Rock |
| Permanent Snow and Ice |
| Lake or Pond |
|
| River |
| Estuarine Open Water |
|
| Short-rotation Cropland |
| Orchard Vineyard and Other Perennial Crops |
| High Producing Exotic Grassland |
| Low Producing Grassland |
| Tall Tussock Grassland |
| Depleted Grassland |
| Herbaceous Freshwater Vegetation |
| Herbaceous Saline Vegetation |
| Flaxland |
| Fernland |
| Gorse and/or Broom |
| Manuka and/or Kanuka |
| Broadleaved Indigenous Hardwoods |
| Sub Alpine Shrubland |
| Mixed Exotic Shrubland |
| Matagouri or Grey Scrub |
| Peat Shrubland (Chatham Is) |
| Dune Shrubland (Chatham Is) |
| Forest - Harvested |
| Deciduous Hardwoods |
| Indigenous Forest |
| Exotic Forest |
| Mangrove |
|
| Not land |
